Natchez people

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The Natchez people are a Native American nation historically known for their complex chiefdom, mound-building culture, and distinctive social hierarchy in the lower Mississippi Valley.

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous people of the Southeastern Woodlands ⓘ
Native American people ⓘ
aftermathOfConflict dispersal of Natchez survivors ⓘ
enslavement of many Natchez ⓘ
archaeologicalSite Emerald Mound ⓘ
Grand Village of the Natchez ⓘ
burialCustoms mound burials ⓘ
conflictWith French colonial authorities ⓘ
culturalContinuity Natchez ceremonial practices among descendant communities ⓘ
culturalRegion Southeastern Woodlands ⓘ
descendantsIn Catawba Nation ⓘ
Cherokee Nation ⓘ
Chickasaw Nation ⓘ
Muscogee (Creek) Nation ⓘ
Seminole people ⓘ
linked to: Seminole
economy fishing ⓘ
hunting ⓘ
maize cultivation ⓘ
encountered French colonists ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf United States ⓘ
governedBy Great Sun ⓘ
Tattooed Serpent ⓘ
hasCapital Grand Village of the Natchez ⓘ
historicalPeriod Mississippian culture ⓘ
housing thatched houses ⓘ
knownFor Great Sun leadership ⓘ
complex chiefdom ⓘ
distinctive social hierarchy ⓘ
mound-building culture ⓘ
languageFamily Natchez language ⓘ
language isolate ⓘ
nativeTo Louisiana ⓘ
Lower Mississippi Valley ⓘ
Mississippi ⓘ
notableEvent Natchez War ⓘ
Natchez revolt of 1729 ⓘ
practiced maize agriculture ⓘ
platform mound construction ⓘ
sun worship ⓘ
recognizedBy United States government (as descendants within other tribes) ⓘ
religion polytheism ⓘ
sun cult ⓘ
ritualPractice human sacrifice at funerals of Great Sun ⓘ
socialStructure commoner class ⓘ
nobility class ⓘ
stinkard class ⓘ
stratified society ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Quapaw tribe → neighboringHistoricGroup → Natchez people ⓘ
Plaquemine culture → associatedWith → Natchez people ⓘ
Natchez, Mississippi → namedAfter → Natchez people ⓘ
Taensa → relatedEthnicGroup → Natchez people ⓘ
Emerald Mound → usedBy → Natchez people ⓘ
Natchez language → spokenBy → Natchez people ⓘ
Natchez language → ethnicGroup → Natchez people ⓘ
Natchez language → culturalAssociation → Natchez chiefdom ⓘ
linked to: Natchez people
Creoles of St. Louis → ethnicComposition → Indigenous peoples of the Mississippi Valley ⓘ
subject linked to: Creole of St. Louis
linked to: Natchez people
Great Sun hereditary ruler → culture → Natchez culture ⓘ
linked to: Natchez people
Great Sun hereditary ruler → governs → Natchez chiefdom ⓘ
linked to: Natchez people
Grand Village of the Natchez → usedBy → Natchez people ⓘ
Grand Village of the Natchez → culture → Natchez culture ⓘ
linked to: Natchez people
Natchez revolt of 1729 → hasParticipant → Natchez people ⓘ
Natchez revolt of 1729 → relatedTo → Natchez people ⓘ
Great Sun chief → positionHeldBy → Natchez people ⓘ
Great Sun chief → ethnicGroup → Natchez people ⓘ
Great Sun chief → associatedWith → Natchez religious system ⓘ
linked to: Natchez people
Natchez War → conflictBetween → Natchez people ⓘ
Natchez War → hasMainBelligerent → Natchez nation ⓘ
linked to: Natchez people
Natchez War → opponentOf → Natchez people ⓘ
Taensa people → ethnoLinguisticRelation → Natchez people ⓘ
Taensa people → neighboringGroup → Natchez people ⓘ
Naʼtche → associatedWithEthnicGroup → Natchez people ⓘ
Ofo people → neighboringGroups → Natchez people ⓘ